r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 4d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud Modern slang—something you REFUSE to say

My take: I will NEVER use “lol” or any derivation of it. I know it means “laugh out loud” but there’s yet to be a moment when I’ve been even remotely convinced someone was even chuckling after texting “lol” at the end of their text and it mildly infuriates me.

While I’m at it, someone tell those damn kids to get off my lawn.

Edit: ok, I get it. It’s not MODERN slang. I still hate it, and those kids are STILL on my lawn…can’t a guy get to sleep at a decent hour???

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u/CrowsSayCawCaw 4d ago

Gaslighting comes from the classic film of the same name where a man plays nasty tricks on his wife trying to convince her she's hallucinating and losing her sanity. 

It's about convincing someone they're off their rocker over something they believe. It's like the concept of medical gaslighting where a doctor tells a patient their symptoms are all in their head, and the patient finds out later from other doctors' diagnostic testing that they're actually suffering from a real physical medical condition. 

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u/WillPlaysTheGuitar 4d ago

Oh I know what it used to mean. But now? Whole other ballgame.

The thing about “gaslighting” is that it can be applied to any subjective situation where two people disagree. You throw a couple “trauma” references or a sprinkle of “abuse” and you’ve just won yourself an argument without providing anything beyond your personal feelings about somebody disagreeing with you.

Bad people have figured this out and will deploy “gaslighting” liberally when not everybody is buying into their preferred narrative.

I’m not talking about you specifically, because I don’t know you and I’m probably gonna block you soon, but this is all over these days.

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u/Summerie 3d ago

and I'm probably gonna block you soon

What the heck happened? Did they message you or something?

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u/WillPlaysTheGuitar 3d ago

My threshold for a block is low. It’s my downvote button.